Chapter 1285 The Earth Is Still Spinning without Nobuhiro

Asano Nobushige is not a person with a low sense of presence. On the contrary, he always seems to have a faint light on his body, which is not too dazzling, but can make people see him at a glance in the crowd.

Just like the feeling Asano Nobushige gives people, he is tepid and gentle. It seems difficult for people who come into contact with him to see him when he is truly angry. Even if he is angry, the smile on his lips will not fade away.

It was an accident that he appeared in Mouri Kogoro's life. A young, capable and wealthy young man wanted to rent his house to open a music classroom. This reason was just like Suzuki Sonoko suddenly wanted to open a bar one day. It was purely for fun. .

Mouri Kogoro thought to himself, young people, if they play around, they will be crushed by reality and go back to inherit the family business honestly. In that case, the space on the first floor can be rented to some down-to-earth businessman to open a cafe.

However, Asano Nobushige's proportion in his life became larger and larger.

First, an investment made Asano Nobushige the agent of the Mori Detective Agency. Later, he adopted a sister named Haibara Ai and settled near the homes of Kudo Yusaku and Dr. Agasa. The connection between Lufeng Music Classroom and the Mori Detective Agency became deeper and deeper, and in the end they gradually became an inseparable whole.

Although it was only a short period of half a year, Mouri Kogoro had a vague feeling that he and Asano Nobushige had been close friends for many years.

Under such circumstances, it was a big challenge for Uncle Maori to suddenly accept the closed and abandoned music classroom downstairs and the fact that he could no longer hear the sophisticated and smooth negotiations between agents and clients in the office.

You said, how could a man with such a prominent presence disappear from his side suddenly?

"Hey, hey, whose child has such no tutoring?!"

Outside the door of Lufeng's music classroom, Maori Kogoro had just chased away two kids who were hitting the glass with slingshots.

According to the broken window theory, once individual windows in abandoned buildings are broken, the phenomenon will become more and more serious, and eventually become more serious. So Mouri Kogoro wants to nip human malice in its infancy.

"Mr. Maori, long time no see." A familiar voice came from behind.

Mouri Kogoro looked back: "Xiao Zi, why are you here?"

"Mr. Asano paid one year's salary as severance pay. I don't have to rush to find a job. I just want to come back and visit when I have nothing to do." Azusa Enomoto sighed faintly, "Is it really impossible for Ritsufeng Music Classroom to continue to operate? ?”

She really missed working in the music room, especially when everyone was around.

Although that time was short, Azusa Enomoto thought she would probably never forget it in her lifetime.

Mouri Kogoro scratched the back of his head with a headache: "That's right, Asano seems to have had some changes in his family. He has sold all the properties in Mihua Town, and it seems that he does not intend to live in Tokyo for a long time."

"Then Xiao Ai..."

"When I talk about this, I get angry. He actually left that little girl to Dr. Ali! Even if he wants to leave, he can still take his sister with him. Can Xiao Ai's adoptive parents still deny her?"

"Mr. Asano, wouldn't he start a business without settling the family matters and adopt a younger sister?" Sonoko Suzuki popped up from behind Azusa Enomoto, startling Kogoro Mori.

"What day is it today and why are you here?" Mouri Kogoro muttered in a low voice.

Mao Lilan looked at Suzuki Sonoko in confusion: "You mean you haven't settled your family...?"

"It's just that his parents wanted him to inherit the family business, but Mr. Asano had a dream and didn't want to be tied down by money. As a result, his business failed and he was kidnapped and brought home by his family. Even the sister he adopted on his own initiative could not be recognized by the family." Suzuki Sonoko spread her hands indifferently. , “Isn’t that how it’s done in TV dramas?”

The corner of Mao Lilan's mouth stiffened slightly: "Is it a TV series?"

"Well, I haven't encountered this kind of situation. But there are people around me who have fallen out with their families or even severed ties because of this reason." Suzuki Sonoko secretly guessed, "Is Mr. Asano really a big shot?" The heir to the consortium, right?"

Mouri Kogoro glanced at her and said angrily: "How is that possible? Do you think Asano is the same as you?"

Azusa Enomoto asked doubtfully: "Did Miss Sonoko also come here to see Mr. Asano?"

Suzuki Sonoko laughed: "No, I heard Xiaolan talk about Mr. Asano's situation. I came today to send an invitation."

"Invitation?" Mouri Kogoro was curious, "Are you getting engaged?"

Suzuki Sonoko's face suddenly darkened: "Of course not, uncle, what are you thinking about!"

She took out a beautiful invitation letter from her schoolbag, handed it to Mouri Kogoro, and explained: "The American TENSE Group is about to enter the Japanese market. They will hold a dinner and media meeting at the Rice Krispy Kreme Hotel the night after tomorrow. My family has a relationship with TENSE For many cooperation projects, a few invitations are of course just a small thing.”

It was both a dinner and a meet-and-greet, which sounded very high-end, but Kogoro Mouri knew nothing about business and was still confused: "What is TENSE?"

Suzuki Sonoko was confused: "Don't you know TENSE? This is the Internet giant in the United States, no, to be precise, it should be the No. 1 Internet company in the world.

"Actually, our family has sponsored the game project of Sindora, a company under TENSE. Although we lost money, we have a basis for cooperation with TENSE. This time they entered the Japanese market, and many cooperation projects chose us."

Despite Suzuki Sonoko's usually friendly appearance, her favorite thing is the all-you-can-eat cake buffet, she still talks about many things in the business world with great clarity.

Mouri Kogoro seemed to understand after hearing this: "In short, this TENSE is a very powerful consortium?"

"Yeah, very impressive."

"How powerful is it?" Azusa Enomoto wanted to change it into a measurement unit that ordinary people can understand, "How does it compare with the Suzuki Foundation?"

Suzuki Sonoko laughed and said: "Although I don't want to admit it, I still have to say that TENSE's wealth is far greater than ours. Moreover, they are involved in a wide range of fields. It seems that the main reason for coming to Japan this time is biomedicine. "

"It seems that TENSE has accurately mastered the areas that Japan is good at." Mouri Kogoro said with emotion.

Mao Lilan came closer and read the words on the invitation letter clearly:

[Dear distinguished guests and media friends, we sincerely invite you to attend the media meeting and post-meeting dinner of TENSE Group. At that time, all joint ventures and partners of TENSE Group will gather together to discuss the development and rise of the new era of artificial intelligence. The newly appointed Asia Pacific President of TENSE Group will also meet with you at the meeting. welcome. ]

"Huh?" Mao Lilan was confused, "TENSE is going to announce the new president at the media conference."

Suzuki Sonoko looked like she was used to it: "It's normal. After all, this is their first time entering the Japanese market. They may choose an industry elite who is well-known to the Japanese to increase the public's acceptance and acceptance of them." Good impression."

After all, in a sense, TENSE came to Japan to compete with local companies for business.

"By the way," Suzuki Sonoko said with a smile, "I heard that Korean artist Quan Eunji will also appear as a warm-up guest!"

"Quan Enji?" Mouri Kogoro's eyes suddenly lit up, "It turns out that celebrities are also invited to such formal business occasions!"

"Although for some unknown reason only Quan Eunji was invited, she should be there." Suzuki Sonoko encouraged Xiaolan, "Would you like to invite Shinichi with you? The chairman of TENSE seems to like detectives and mystery novelists. , he seems to have sent an invitation letter to Kudo Yusaku, but their whereabouts are still unknown, and I don’t know if they will go the day after tomorrow.”

Mao Lilan hesitated and said: "I'm not sure if I can contact him, and Xinyi always hates banquets and the like."

"Don't worry, as long as he knows you are participating, he will definitely go!"

After speaking, Suzuki Sonoko said goodbye to Mouri Kogoro, "Then I'll leave first. Uncle, remember to attend the banquet on time."

"Really, why is this child always so irritable? The invitation didn't mention the specific time, and I was just about to ask her." Mouri Kogoro complained in a low voice, "Asano, you can find out about the banquet over there. When will it be held?”

As soon as the words came out, Mouri Kogoro himself was stunned.

Mao Lilan smiled helplessly: "Dad, have you forgotten? Mr. Asano has left."

"The press conference will be at four o'clock in the afternoon, and the dinner will be held at seven o'clock." Azusa Enomoto easily found the specific information from the Internet. "It should be stated on the invitation letter. You'd better confirm it again."

Mouri Kogoro glanced at Enomoto Azusa with a strange look on his face: "The way he speaks and behaves is exactly the same as Asano Nobushige. Is this the recruitment standard for Ritsufeng Music Classroom?"

Azusa Enomoto was surprised when she heard this, and then felt a little dazed for a moment. She smiled lightly and said, "Maybe it's because I was too deeply influenced by Mr. Asano."

Even though Asano Nobushige usually likes to be the hands-off shopkeeper, leaving most of the work in the music classroom to her, and he likes to disappear when nothing happens, he is still the most competent and best boss in the world in Azusa Enomoto's heart - not because of his high salary. . Well, it’s not just because of the high salary.

"Mr. Asano is really harmful to people." Azusa Enomoto muttered to himself, shaking his head.

He created a very positive and healthy working environment for all the employees in the music classroom, letting them know that there is such a kind and considerate boss. After losing her job at Rifeng Music Classroom, Azusa Enomoto was really worried that she would not be able to adapt to normal workplace relationships.

The sudden departure of Asano Nobushige was not only a heavy blow to everyone in the music classroom, but also to Mouri Kogoro.

Azusa Enomoto smiled and said to Mouri Kogoro: "I just came over to take a look. I feel relieved to see that you are fine. It's getting late, so I'll go back first."

"Yes." Mouri Kogoro responded absently.

…

TENSE Group's entry into Japan is a tsunami for world stock and financial markets.

The happiest people are Japanese politicians. Not only can they receive a large amount of political donations from TENSE, they can even use this leading multinational enterprise to seek benefits for themselves and their families.

The relationship between government and business has always been very important no matter which country it is in. Politicians and businessmen cannot get too close, otherwise it will be easy for government and business to be inseparable, collusion between officials and businessmen, and corruption. However, they cannot be too distant and constrain each other, which will pose a great threat to the country's economic lifeline.

The emergence of TENSE made Japanese politicians feel as if they were sleeping on a pillow or a desert meeting an oasis, and they all became much more energetic. TENSE is an American company listed in the United States, but its chairman is a Japanese overseas Chinese. His complicated and contradictory identity means that he cannot go deep into Japanese politics, but he can maintain close ties with Japanese political circles.

There is no more suitable victim than this.

Politicians are gearing up and planning how to use verbal promises to obtain greater benefits from TENSE.

What they don't know is that this is also something that TENSE likes to see.

The target proactively provides information resources with both hands, and the organization only needs to sign various contracts with them that can only be reached later. When it comes time to fulfill the contract, the human species no longer exists in the world.

TENSE’s back-and-forth campaign did not attract the attention of the government—except for the police.

Fangtani Zero stared at the long list of undialed call records on the phone screen and frowned.

It has been three days, and Zhu Fu Jingguang has been out of touch for three whole days.

No matter how angry he was at first, Fang Gu Ling didn't care at this moment. He just wanted to find Zhu Fu Jingguang and ask what happened. He hates this feeling of knowing nothing now, he hates it very much!

"Bang bang bang"

There was a knock on the door of the reception room, and a uniformed police officer stood outside and said respectfully to him: "Mr. Fangtani, the director has just finished the meeting. Please come over."

"Thank you." Rei Fangtani straightened the collar of his clothes and followed the police officer into the director's office.

This was the first time he saw the new second director of intelligence who succeeded Kuroda Bie. Previously, he only learned from Jingguang that this officer had worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a period of time and was responsible for intelligence collection all year round. Moreover, he was once Zhu Fu Jingguang's only contact.

To this day, Fang Gu Ling still doesn't know the real name of this director. He may be a more mysterious figure than an undercover agent.

The director's office at the Police Department is located next to a dense street tree, with overwhelming greenery outside the window. The office layout is very simple, with almost no clutter except for necessary office supplies. This makes it impossible for Rei Fukutani to infer Director Satori's personality and habits from the details even if he meets him.

Unlike the ferocious-looking Kuroda Hei, this new director looks very harmless.

He is about 1.7 meters tall, with a curved nose bridge, droopy outer corners of his eyes, plump cheeks, and high cheekbones. His short black hair is neatly styled, and there are almost no wrinkles in the gray suit on his body.

He was sitting behind a spotless desk, and even the angle of the shadow cast by the sunlight was exactly in line with the placement of the furniture. The whole picture was so clean and tidy that it was unreal.

"Sir." Rei Fukutani directly stated his purpose. "The intelligence department has no evidence that TENSE is involved in gangs. However, since TENSE announced that it will hold a press conference, the organization has stopped all operations in Japan."

"Yes." Director Li responded lightly, then pointed to the seat in front of him, motioning for Feng Guling to sit down and talk.

Feng Gurei was in a hurry at this time. He didn't want to waste too much time here, but after all, this was his immediate boss. Feng Gurei, who had just lost his undercover job, couldn't be too arrogant.

He sat down, feeling on pins and needles.

"Still no news?" Director Li suddenly asked.

They all knew who the question was being asked.

Fukitani Rei's eyes dimmed slightly: "He has cut off almost all contacts. Although his mobile phone number has not been canceled, it always shows that it is switched off. I asked the communications department to check the base station information. His number has not left Tokyo."

The fact that the number has not left does not mean that Asano Nobushige himself has not left either.

For example, last time he went to the United States to plan the crash of flight UA2107, but the public security was unable to find out through which channel Asano Nobushige left Japan.

Director Li nodded, thought for a moment, and then asked: "You have no hope of continuing to be an undercover agent?"

Fangtani Zero did not answer this question. His silence itself was the best answer.

Seeing this, Director Li had a headache.

The public security has always done a good job in intelligence work. Even an organization with extremely strict management can infiltrate two undercover agents. Such a record is outstanding in the world.

But overnight, this proud situation changed dramatically. Zhu Fu Jingguang lost contact and was suspected of mutiny before losing contact. Jiang Guling was implicated and could not continue to be an undercover agent.

Director Li is very curious about what is so special about UA2107.

He turned on his computer and pulled out a document: "I just got the information on all the passengers of UA2107. When you have time, check it out to see if there are any noteworthy people."

"I have already screened them," Rei Furutani replied. "Except for an administrator from MIT and a former secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense, there is no special person."

"Secretary of the United States Department of Defense?"

"He has no proven links to the organization, and he is 70 years old and has no further dealings with the Department of Defense since his retirement."

"It all sounds ordinary."

Yes, judging from the paper information, there was no one on flight UA2107 worthy of the organization's attention. As for the information that Zhu Fu Jingguang said was sent to the FBI, it did not exist. The FBI headquarters is in Washington. Even if you want to send information, you should take a plane to Washington.

It was obvious that the reason Jingguang gave at that time was just an excuse.

Director Li suddenly opened the drawer and placed an exquisite invitation in front of Jiang Gu Ling.

"Is this...an invitation to the TENSE dinner?" Fangtani Ling was surprised.

"TENSE has invited elites from various industries in Japan. This invitation is for Hakuba Tan, the son of Director Hakuba's family. He knows the importance. You can just disguise yourself as him and participate." At this point, Director Li raised his lips. He laughed and said, "TENSE is indeed strange. They invited elites from various industries, but none of the six members of the National Public Security Commission received the invitation. Detective White Horse seemed to have been invited because of his detective experience."

Fang Guling frowned: "Instead of taking family status as the criterion, do you value personal ability more?"

This coincides with his expectations for Japan.

"These foreigners are still too naive. Their methods may not be easy to use in Japan." Director Li leaned back on his chair, a look of fatigue appearing in his brows.

When Jiang Guling saw this, he immediately said with a wink, "Then I'll take my leave first."

Director Li didn't look at him again and just nodded silently.

Fangtani Ling took the invitation letter and left the director's office.

He still had some things to do with that man.

…

Kawakami Yuno's flower shop is located on the roadside of a residential street. Although it is not as prosperous as a commercial street, the customers who come and go are regulars who live nearby. Kawakami Yuno has established friendly relationships with many customers over time.

On this day, Kawakami Yuno took a watering can and sprinkled water on the flowers at the door of the store as usual.

Except for a few special holidays, most of the time flower shops actually sell plants and flowers that can be grown at home.

Just like...

"This orchid is very full of vitality." A familiar voice sounded from behind.

Miyano Akemi's body trembled slightly, and she didn't even dare to look back at that person.

"Are there any red roses and white flowers?" The man asked again, "I accidentally hit someone while driving last time. I think I still owe her a few flowers."

Miyano Akemi's vision was blurred, and she hurriedly raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes. When she turned back to look at Akai Shuichi, her expression and state had returned to normal, except that her eyes were still a little red.

"Maharaja." She accurately pronounced the name she had longed for.

Today, Shuichi Akai does not disguise himself. On the one hand, his agreement with Yusaku Kudo has ended, and there is no need to disguise himself as Subaru Okiya to test Asano Nobushige and protect Edogawa Conan. On the other hand, he hopes to meet Miyano Akemi in her true colors.

"I'm sorry..." Akai Shuichi murmured an apology.

Then he saw Miyano Akemi, who was originally calm, suddenly hugged him excitedly after he said this, and hugged him tightly, as if she wanted to strangle him to death.

Akai Shuichi was helpless. His hands were a little stiff, but he still caressed Miyano Akemi's back and gently patted her to comfort her: "I'm sorry for leaving you alone in the organization. I almost..."

"It's okay, Your Majesty, it really doesn't matter." Miyano Akemi lay in Akai Shuichi's arms, inhaling deeply until her nose was filled with the familiar scent of Zhu Xingda, "It doesn't matter if I met you or fell in love with you. No matter what, it’s all of my own free will. If you respond to my feelings, I will consider myself lucky. If not, it doesn’t matter, because I know you have more important things to do.”

Miyano Akemi's words made Akai Shuichi's heart feel sour. Very few people or things could touch his heartstrings, but at this moment, Akai Shuichi clearly realized that he was feeling distressed.

Just when Akai Shuichi was about to say something, the phone in his pocket suddenly started to vibrate.

Because they were so close, Miyano Akemi realized someone was calling even earlier than he did. She hurriedly stepped away, with two blushes on her cheeks.

Akai Shuichi saw the caller ID, but he didn't want to hear Bourbon's voice at all now. Compared to Bourbon, he still had many things to say to Miyano Akemi that he had accumulated for five years.

"Where are you?" When the call was connected, Fangtani Rei said straight to the point, "I have some questions to ask you about TENSE's press conference tomorrow."

"No time." Akai Shuichi replied coldly.

Fangtani Rei frowned when he heard this: "What are you busy with? TENSE should be related to the organization, isn't the organization's most important thing?"

"Everything you want to know will be revealed at tomorrow's dinner party."

In a world without Nobuhiro, the sun still rises as usual, and everyone spent 6K words happily. Well, I just want to emphasize that I updated 6k today.